Swastika Eyes
| "Swastika Eyes" | ||||
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| Single by Primal Scream | ||||
| from the album XTRMNTR | ||||
| Released | 1999[1] | |||
| Genre | Electronic rock, Dance rock | |||
| Label | Creation | |||
| Writer(s) | Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes | |||
| Primal Scream singles chronology | ||||
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"Swastika Eyes" is a 1999 single by the band Primal Scream from their then-upcoming sixth album XTRMNTR. Different mixes of the song form the fourth and tenth tracks of the album.[2][3]
The attention-grabbing title is an example of the band's confrontational style in this period; the next single from the album was titled "Kill All Hippies". The band claimed that the song was an attack on corporations and governments.[4][5]
Reviewing a live show from the XTRMNTR tour, Guardian critic Dave Simpson compared the song to the work of D.A.F.[6]
References
- ↑ "Chart Stats - Primal Scream". Chart Stats. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
- ↑ Stubb, Dave. "Primal Scream: Swastika Eyes". NME. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ↑ DiGravina, Tim. "Swastika Eyes review". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ↑ Basham, David. "Primal Scream talks controversial 'Eyes' track". MTV. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ↑ King, Simon. "Everybody's Fucked..". Jockey Slut. Retrieved 19 January 2007.
- ↑ Simpson, Dave. "A Dose of Castor Oil". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
Snatches of lyrics…struggle to be heard amid an aural cacophony, complete with wailing saxophones, guitars like electric drills and PiL-esque soundscapes like walls of sheet metal clattering from a tower block. It comes to something when the jazz terrorism of If They Move, Kill 'Em (from their previous album) comes as light relief…only the DAF-prototype electronic funk singles, Swastika Eyes and Kill All Hippies, escape a sonic mauling.
External links
- Music video (band YouTube page)
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